In addition to mandating programs not be “insensitive and unresponsive” to queer students or withhold information about preventing HIV, the bill requires the promotion of “healthy attitudes and values” about gender identity, body image and other issues.

“Research has shown that programs which teach abstinence and contraception effectively delay the onset of sexual intercourse, reduce the number of sexual partners, and increase contraceptive use among teens,” said Lee. “These programs also reduce unintended pregnancy and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.”

The bill seems eminently sensible—so you can count on House Republicans to try and kill it.

If I have said it once I have said it a thousand times what needs to be taught in schools is a compulsory comprehensive social studies class in the elementary, middle, and high school levels which would include ethnic, gender, sexuality, body image, & social class differences.